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POLICY AND POLITICS
Should health, care and local government departments merge?
By Christopher Exeter | 03 July 2026
With Andy Burnham poised to become Prime Minister and launch what could be a radical restructure of public services, Christopher Exeter looks back a hundred years to Chamberlain’s ‘Birminghamism’ a...
DEVOLUTION
Devo, democracy and local government's constitutional future
By Jonathan S Davies | 02 July 2026
Jonathan S Davies asks if English local government can be constitutionally protected.
HR
Brighton faces 'unquantifiable' liability over equal pay claims
By William Eichler | 25 June 2026
Brighton and Hove City Council is unsure about the level of financial exposure it faces from more...
SOLACE
EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
By Neil Merrick | 25 June 2026
Abusive and other inappropriate behaviour by councillors is taking its toll on senior staff, a su...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
By Paul Marinko | 23 June 2026
Ministers have insisted they are ‘on track’ to announce the next tranche of reorganisation decisi...
ELECTIONS
EXCLUSIVE: Officers warn of looming elections systems failure
By Martin Ford | 18 June 2026
The elections system is under ‘increasing strain’ and ‘likely to fail’ if put under further press...
FINANCE
Concerns persist despite Local Audit Office creation
By Joe Lepper | 16 June 2026
The local audit system is out of ‘intensive care’ but still in ‘high dependency’, the Government’...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Think-tank warning over social housing reforms
By Joe Lepper | 11 June 2026
A lack of grant funding to councils threatens to derail the Government’s social housing reforms, ...
REORGANISATION
EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs lobby Government over severance payment threshold
By Dan Peters | 10 June 2026
Council chiefs have been lobbying the Government to relax the requirements around special severan...
SOCIAL HOUSING
Using below-market land disposals to accelerate social housing
By Mark Cook | 09 June 2026
Councils have greater flexibility to dispose of land for affordable housing than often assumed, b...
CYBER SECURITY
Getting ready for 'game-changer' Cyber Security Act: Five steps for councils
By Peter Jones | 26 May 2026
Peter Jones identifies key steps for boards to deliver their action plans and enhanced security p...
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